Henry Ford gained fame and fortune as the first in dustrialist to mass produce automobiles His Model-T Ford put America on wheels and allowed the common man to own his own automobile. But that’s not all he did. Considering overall value to mankind, Henry Ford may have made an even more important contribution ■■■■■■■■■■l Things are tight, but Massey comes through for you! Take your choice of . . . *B,OOO REBATE Come see us for details. OFFER GOOD NOW THRU AUGUST 1,1981 and subject to available inventory. =***& YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES WITH MFjjiil MASSEY FERGUSON Personalized MF Financing, Parts, and Service Available. PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT S. G. LEWIS AND SON MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER 225 York Road West Grove, PA Pitman, PA Carlisle, PA Ph (215)869-9440 Ph (717)648-1120 Ph (717)249-5338 869-2214 N. H. FLICKER & SONS, INC. ARNETTS GARAGE Maxatawny, PA Ph (215)683-7252 Farm Talk Jerry Webb to agriculture. 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And he felt that producing big tractors for big farmers was not worthwhile So Ford temporarily sidelined his tractor tinkering in the early 1900’s and got busy producing Model-T’s. He continued ex perimenting with farm tractors in his spare time, however, producing as many as 50 experimental models before arriving at one that seemed right and before the turn of world events forced him into production. That was in 1917 and the World War I German Rt 9 Box 125 Hagerstown, MO Ph (301)733-0515 RD 1, Catawissa. PA 717-356-2323 (South on Rt 42) blockade was causing Great Britain to have grave con cern about its food producing capabilities That country was importing 70 percent of its food supply and many food-laden ships were falling victim to enemy gunfire According to Ford’s autobiography, Britain’s Lord Northchffe contacted Ford and asked him to build tractors for Britain’s far mers - tractors that would boost that country’s food producing abilities in a hurry. The first of 7000 mass produced Fordson tractors rolled off the assembly line October 8, 1917. In seven months the entire British order was filled. Not until 1918 did the American far mer have a chance at Ford’s marvelous farming machine. Within three months after its introduction to the M. M. WEAVER & SON N Grotfdaleßd Leola, PA 17540 Ph (717)656 2321 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5,1980—C31 American market, Ford had accumulated 13,000 orders. Between 1917 and 1928 the giant car company produced almost 740,000 farm tractors. And during some years in the 1920’5, Fordsons represented 75 percent of all farm tractors built in the U.S. How tunes have changed! Those very first U.S. Ford sons sold for $795. But due to mass production economies the price dropped to a low of $395 in 1922 The Ford Motor Company transferred its tractor manufacturing to Ireland in 1929 and later to England where Fordsons continued to be built through the lP3o’s By then other manufac turers were improving on Ford’s idea and by the late thirties Fordsons were not a big factor in the American farm tractor market. Other makers, notably International Harvester and Albs Chalmers, had made improvements that left the Fordson looking awkward, unwieldy and slow. By the beginning of World War II Fordsons were little more than relics of an agricultural past Their steel State firewood permits now $4 HARRISBURG - The price of a permit for cutting or collecting a cord of firewood on state forest land is $4, effective on July 1, according to the Penn sylvania Department of Environmental Resources Announcement of the increase, the first in seven years, was made by DER Secretary Clifford L Jones Jones said the permit price has been $3 per 100 cubic feet (1.5 cords) since 1973 and the increase is necessary to keep up with inflation and the ad ministrative costs of the program Firewood always has been available in the state forests and until last year most was dead and downed material which could be picked up along forest roads with little or no effort, Jones said But, with the sudden surge sS Old Guard OfflSKMme© "Friend of Farmers since 1896." NS S S We do a better job of insuring al! your farm needs because we have over 80 years ex perience in doing it Our number one purpose is to provide insurance coverage for the Penn sylvania farmer See our agent in your area THE HOXIE AGENCY 55 West Ridge Dr, Leola, Pa LOOMIS INSURANCE AGENCY CORP. Adamstown Pa JACOB N. MARTIN R D #2, Lancaster Pa C. GORDON ERISMAN R D #2 Franklin Rd Columbia, Pa wheels, cantankerous clutch mechamcsms and hard hand cranking left them in disfavor with most farmers. They chose instead the electnc start, rubber-tired Farmalls that are still quite evident on the American farm scene. But as the advertising line goes, Ford had a better idea, and indeed they did when they introduced the 1939 Ford tractor with the Ferguson system. That was the first U.S. tractor with three-point hitch and hydraulic control system. It allowed farmers to raise and lower attached im plements through the use of hydraulics, thus eliminating back-breaking hand labor. That system, which is now universal, still ranks as one of the most important agricultural developments of this century. Although Ford never regained its position as the nation’s leading tractor maker, it has continued to make significant con tributions to agriculture through a complete line of Ford tractors and im plements. in people out collecting firewood, most of the easily accessible material has been removed, he said According to Jones, in 1979 more than 33,000 firewood permits were issued, compared to 18,975 permits issued in 1978 As a result of the mcreased demand, the state Bureau of Forestry is forced to make more green wood available Consequently the bureau must add the expense of marking trees to be cut, along with the forester's salary and transportation expenses, to the cost of the program Despite the price increase, Jones said the public-service program still gives energy conscious people interested in conserving fuel the op portunity to use firewood to cut down on their heating bills
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